Some scholars believe that the extremely brief fourth chapter of this work implies that the protagon
Some scholars believe that the extremely brief fourth chapter of this work implies that the protagonist is sexually abused by a Mercedarian friar. The protagonist's stepfather Zayde has boiling fat poured over his ribs when it is discovered that he is a thief. A chaplain and a seller of indulgences are among the masters to whom this work's protagonist is apprenticed. That protagonist drills a hole in the bottom of a wine jug to avoid starving to death while apprenticed to a miserly blind beggar, but he ends up working for the Archpriest of San Salvador, whose lover he marries. For 10 points, name this anonymously-published sixteenth-century Spanish novel, considered to be the first picaresque novel.
Some scholars believe that the extremely brief fourth chapter of this work implies that the protagonist is sexually abused by a Mercedarian friar.
The Life of {Lazarillo de Tormes} and of His Fortunes and Adversities [or La Vida de {Lazarillo de Tormes} y de Sus Fortunas y Adversidades]